Bonita Armstrong 
Last updated: 13.09.24
p_armstrongb.jpgAll that can presently (December 2023) be gleaned about Bonita Armstrong from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that she was presumably an American actress/singer who has been featured on 4 works published between 1909 and 1920.
Her portrait on the left is taken from Oh Miss Malinda (1908) of which she is credited as the composer together with co-author Max Armstrong (possibly related) and published by Will Rossiter, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Surfers are welcome to contribute any further information about this composer.
  Title Co-Author(s) Sequencer
       
  Midi File(s) from various sources      
audiomidi15.gif Oh Miss Malinda (1908) Max Armstrong James Pitt-Payne
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Oh Miss Malinda (1908) B. Armstrong (w&m)
Max Armstrong (coauth.)
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  As performer        
pdf15.gif Ragtime Nick (1912) E. Breuer (music)
Betty Morgan (words)
B. Armstrong (perf.)
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pdf15.gif Daisy and the Butterfly (1901), The R.A. King (music)
A. Holzmann (coauth.)
Sam Ehrlich (words)
B. Armstrong (perf.)
Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Temptation Rag - Song (1909) T.H. Lodge (music)
L. Weslyn (words)
B. Armstrong (perf.)
Piano, Voice YorkSpace wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1912) L.F. Muir (music)
M. Abrahams (coauth.)
G. Clarke (words)
B. Armstrong (perf.)
Lew Hearn (perf.)
Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Please Don't Take My Lovin' Man Away (1912) A. von Tilzer (music)
L. Brown (words)
B. Armstrong (perf.)
Piano, Voice Indiana wvicon.gif
The peformer is featured on 7 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.
     Title Composer Attribution Remarks
         
perf15.jpg Ragtime Nick (1912) Ernest Breuer Betty Morgan (words)
Bonita Armstrong (perf.)
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perf15.jpg No Wedding Bells For Me (1906) Seymour Furth Edward P Moran (words)
Will A. Heelan (words)
Bonita Armstrong (perf.)
perf15.jpg Daisy and the Butterfly (1901), The Robert A. King Abe Holzmann (co-author)
Sam Ehrlich (words)
Bonita Armstrong (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Temptation Rag - Song (1909) Thomas Henry Lodge Louis Weslyn (words)
Bonita Armstrong (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Ragtime Cowboy Joe (1912) Lewis F. Muir Maurice Abrahams (co-author)
Grant Clarke (words)
Bonita Armstrong (perf.)
Lew Hearn (perf.)
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perf15.jpg Please Don't Take My Lovin' Man Away (1912) Albert von Tilzer Lew Brown (words)
Bonita Armstrong (perf.)
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This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 1 work by Bonita Armstrong. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Oh Miss Malinda (w&m) 1908 Max Armstrong (co-author)
Bonita Armstrong (perf.)
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